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Huge torrent site the Pirate Bay has just announced<\/a> a new category Physibles<\/a> for Data objects that are able (and feasible) to become physical.<\/p>\n

We’re always trying to foresee the future a bit here at TPB. One of
\nthe things that we really know is that we as a society will always
\nshare. Digital communication has made that a lot easier and will
\ncontinue to do so. And after the internets evolutionized data to go from
\nanalog to digital, it’s time for the next step.<\/em><\/p>\n

Today most data is born digitally. It’s not about the transition from
\nanalog to digital anymore. We don’t talk about how to rip anything
\nwithout losing quality since we make perfect 1 to 1 digital copies of
\nthings. Music, movies, books, all come from the digital sphere. But
\nwe’re physical people and we need objects to touch sometimes as well!<\/em><\/p>\n

We believe that the next step in copying will be made from digital
\nform into physical form. It will be physical objects. Or as we decided
\nto call them: Physibles<\/a>. Data objects that are able (and feasible) to become physical. We believe that things like three dimensional printers<\/a>, scanners<\/a>
\nand such are just the first step. We believe that in the nearby future
\nyou will print your spare sparts for your vehicles. You will download
\nyour sneakers within 20 years.<\/em><\/p>\n

The benefit to society is huge. No more shipping huge amount of
\nproducts around the world. No more shipping the broken products back. No
\nmore child labour. We’ll be able to print food for hungry people. We’ll
\nbe able to share not only a recipe, but the full meal. We’ll be able to
\nactually copy that floppy, if we needed one.<\/em><\/p>\n

We believe that the future of sharing is about physible data. We’re
\nthinking of temporarily renaming ourselves to The Product Bay – but we
\nhad no graphical artist around to make a logo. In the future, we’ll
\ndownload one<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Being able to download product files is not new, Shapeways has had downloadable models<\/a> for years, as has Thingiverse<\/a> and Google Warehouse<\/a>, but let’s see how this affects the 3D printing IP debate. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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